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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habīg

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habīgaz (heavy).

Adjective

*habīg[1]

  1. heavy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *habīg
Genitive *habīgas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *habīg *habīgu *habīg
Accusative *habīganā *habīgā *habīg
Genitive *habīgas *habīgeʀā *habīgas
Dative *habīgumē *habīgeʀē *habīgumē
Instrumental *habīgu *habīgeʀu *habīgu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *habīgē *habīgō *habīgu
Accusative *habīgā *habīgā *habīgu
Genitive *habīgeʀō *habīgeʀō *habīgeʀō
Dative *habīgēm, *habīgum *habīgēm, *habīgum *habīgēm, *habīgum
Instrumental *habīgēm, *habīgum *habīgēm, *habīgum *habīgēm, *habīgum

Descendants

  • Old English: hefiġ, hæfiġ, hefeġ
    • Middle English: heviȝ, hevy
  • Old Saxon: heƀig, hevig
    • Middle Low German: hēvich
  • Old Dutch: hevig
    • Middle Dutch: hēvich
  • Old High German: hebīg, *hefīg, *hevīg
    • Middle High German: hevec, *hebig
      • Cimbrian: hévig
      • German: hebig

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237:PWGmc *habīg
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